Posted on 01/11/2005 12:01:42 AM PST by Angry Republican
WHEN GOV. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. took off his sport coat and sat on a rail in a Towson University lecture hall Tuesday, I figured I was in for a treat.
No, not because of the brouhaha between the governor and this paper that has been going on for weeks. That will probably be resolved soon, perhaps even without any faces being punched or noses being broken. I was there so that -- in the event that Ehrlich said anything right -- I'd be able to report it.
And he said plenty that was right.
"How many of you are pro-life?" Ehrlich asked the students.
Only a few hands went up.
"How many of you are pro-choice?" the governor asked.
A lot more hands shot up. Then Ehrlich delivered his coup de grace.
"How many of those of you who have your hands up believe in partial-birth abortion?" Ehrlich asked. Most of the hands went down.
"Then you're not really pro-choice," Ehrlich said. "Not according to some people. My problem with some on the left -- not all, but some -- is that they say those who oppose gay marriage and partial-birth abortions are 'on the fringe.' But John Kerry opposed gay marriage."
Ehrlich had given the students a valuable lesson in the art of defining terms: who gets labeled what, when, where and why, and for what reason. This abortion debate is a prime example.
Ehrlich is "pro-choice." Lt. Gov. Michael Steele is "pro-life." The style most print media favor these days are the terms "pro-choice" for those who support abortion and "anti-abortion" for those who are against it, but that's just us journalist types trying our best to define the terms. I reject all three.
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John Kerry was also prone to flip flops. He came out for civil unions for homosexuals and gave a wink and a nod to gay rights groups.
I hear that he had a lot of "plans" too. Now that he is not in the White House, he has decided to keep quiet about those plans.
He hoped to win on the "anybody but Bush" ticket. George W. Bush beat every other candidate in the presidential race COMBINED.
That was by far the stupidest campaign I have ever seen. "Vote for me, because at least I'm not Bush!"
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